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<h4 class="subsection">11.2.2 Identifiers</h4>
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<p>An <code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code> represents a slightly more general concept
than the standard C or C++ concept of identifier.  In particular, an
<code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code> may contain a &lsquo;<samp>$</samp>&rsquo;, or other extraordinary
characters.
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<p>There are never two distinct <code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code>s representing the
same identifier.  Therefore, you may use pointer equality to compare
<code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code>s, rather than using a routine like
<code>strcmp</code>.  Use <code>get_identifier</code> to obtain the unique
<code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code> for a supplied string.
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<p>You can use the following macros to access identifiers:
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<dt><code>IDENTIFIER_POINTER</code>
<a name="index-IDENTIFIER_005fPOINTER"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>The string represented by the identifier, represented as a
<code>char*</code>.  This string is always <code>NUL</code>-terminated, and contains
no embedded <code>NUL</code> characters.
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</dd>
<dt><code>IDENTIFIER_LENGTH</code>
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<dd><p>The length of the string returned by <code>IDENTIFIER_POINTER</code>, not
including the trailing <code>NUL</code>.  This value of
<code>IDENTIFIER_LENGTH (x)</code> is always the same as <code>strlen
(IDENTIFIER_POINTER (x))</code>.
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<dt><code>IDENTIFIER_OPNAME_P</code>
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<dd><p>This predicate holds if the identifier represents the name of an
overloaded operator.  In this case, you should not depend on the
contents of either the <code>IDENTIFIER_POINTER</code> or the
<code>IDENTIFIER_LENGTH</code>.
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<dt><code>IDENTIFIER_TYPENAME_P</code>
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<dd><p>This predicate holds if the identifier represents the name of a
user-defined conversion operator.  In this case, the <code>TREE_TYPE</code> of
the <code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code> holds the type to which the conversion
operator converts.
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